Television

Early Edition was a series about a man who receives tomorrow's newspaper the day before it's published, which is delivered by a ginger cat, and uses it to stop bad things from happening The series was on in the late ...

There was a programme when I was a kid (in the 90s) in the morning as far as I can remember, and probably Channel 4, that had scary stories for kids. It was narrated but an old man, or skeleton or a mummy ...

Growing up in the 70's meant watching a lot of imported east european childrens programmes on the beeb. there was the Singing Ringing tree with scary dwarves, The Mole which was possibly Polish and something quite bizarre called Ludwig which ...

Long running London-based soap opera set in the fictional Albert Square, Walford. EastEnders shows the highs and lows of everyday life for the residents of the square.Some of the characters from the first episode are still in the show ...

Edge of Darkness was a conspiracy thriller staring Bob Peck and Joe Don Baker, plus a teenager called Joanne Whalley. The Plot revolved around Peck trying to find out the truth surrounding the past of his daughter. The sound track ...

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Educating Marmalade was one of my favourite children's programmes that aired back in 1981 - I remember getting a Marmalade Atkins Annual.Marmalade was an extrememly naughty and mischevious girl - rather like a female Dennis the Menace in many ways. ...

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Edward the Seventh was a Sunday teatime drama about the life of King Edward the seventh. Many well known actors stared in it including Timothy West who played King Edward. Whenever I see him on screen even now I still ...

Eerie Indiana was a teen Tv show in in the 90s, set in America. The main character was Marshall Teller, a young boy whose family moves to the desolate town of Eerie, Indiana. Together with his new friend Simon, they ...

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Ok, let’s start with the good bits, shall we? The soap opera Eldorado was set in the beautiful, sunny climes of Spain, so there was always a lovely blue sky backdrop to the action. The sea always looked inviting as ...

This has faded a bit over time! I think it was around 1972/1973 and was obviously imported from India. I think it was dubbed into English and was aimed at kids, being a drama about an indian boy who looked ...

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Elizabeth R was a BBC television drama serial that was broadcast in six, 85 minute parts on terrestrial channel BBC Two from February to March 1971. Starring Glenda Jackson in the title role, it was a largely accurate, historical portrayal ...

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A 70's tv show by excecutive producer Jack Webb about doctors, paramedics, and firemen ...

Emmerdale Farm was a typical British soap opera, now just called Emmerdale. Back in the 'farm' days it followed the lives of the Sugdens on the farm and the locals in town. There was a great pub called the Woolpack ...

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Empty Nest was a TV show about a widowed pediatrician called Harry Weston and his two grown up daughters, Barbara and Carol. Kristy McNichol played the younger daughter and Dina Manoff played the older daughter.The show was set in Miami ...

Amazingly, at the height of it's popularity, the Emu Broadcasting Corporation ("EBC") had a loyal following of 11 million (sadistic?) viewers."Pipe Smoker of the Year" and eccentric millionaire Rod Hull, was the handler of the uncontrollable and often violent Emu, ...

In 1981, Rod Hull was offered the opportunity to make a series for younger children by the newly-awarded ITV franchise Central Independent Television. This led to the birth of the Pink Windmill in which Rod and Emu lived, the green witch named Grotbags (played ...

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This was a teatime serial for older children, based on a book called 'Marianne Dreams'. Marianne was a girl who had broken her leg and had to stay in bed - she found a special pencil and drew a mysterious ...

Every year up to 600 million people tune in to watch singers from all over Europe compete to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Although the music usually receives widespread criticism, occassionally one song will stand out as being really rather ...

Martin Bryce is a man who is organised. He’s a man who owns clipboards, highlighters and box files. He’s a man who likes his telephone receiver (we’re going back a few decades here) to be facing a certain way. He’s ...

Lol...I remember it well - my ex-husband and I were contestants on one of the shows. We lost out on a holiday to Bali beacause I didn't know what a Capercalie was. Lol. ...

The cute, fuzzy Ewoks from Star Wars return as teenagers in this cartoon of their adventures as the defenders of the planet Endor, with friends Princess Kneesa and the mischeivous Latara.Young Ewok scout Wicket leads the group as they journey ...